Fact Check: How True Is Sitharaman's Claim That UPA Recorded 'Nil Purchases' in Defence?

Speaking in parliament, the finance minister claimed that after coming to power in 2014, the BJP-led government had to rapidly buy everything – from a pin to (fighter) aircraft – for the armed forces.

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